Global Wanderings

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Chapter 6 - Global Wanderings

Latinx Literature in Translation

from Part I - Shifting Coordinates

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 June 2025

Marion Christina Rohrleitner

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William Orchard

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William Orchard: Affiliation:
Queens College, CUNY

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This chapter looks at the interplay between Latinx literature written in Spanish or English, and discusses translanguaging and the complexities of translating an accented or bilingual text into either Spanish or English. The chapter also discusses the vicissitudes of self-translation and the global dimension of Latinx literatures as well as the translation of Latinx literature into languages other than English or Spanish, specifically into German. These aspects of translation promote a reading of Latinx literature beyond the merely representational, highlighting the critical roles of cultural production, distribution, and the literary marketplace instead.

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global Latinidades translation self-translation translanguaging Nilo Cruz Achy Obejas Daniel Alarcón Yuri Herrera

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Information: Latinx Literature in Transition, 1992–2020 , pp. 113 - 132

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009314091.008 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2025

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